by Laura Leslie, WRAL, January 29, 2014. State Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson spent Tuesday morning on the hot seat at a Joint Government Oversight Committee hearing, where... Read More
Throughout the debate of a sweeping voter ID and elections law bill, Republican supporters said it was an attempt to restore public confidence in the election process. Democrats, at the state and... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, January 31, 2014. State Sen. Bill Rabon isn't known for stomping on puppies. Quite the opposite, actually: When he's not working as a lawmaker, Rabon is a... Read More
The number of North Carolinians possessing little or no savings rose again in 2013, this time to 51.5 percent, according to a report released Thursday by the Corporation for Enterprise Development... Read More
If University of Chicago economist Bruce Meyer and Notre Dame economist James Sullivan are correct, much of the recent political chatter about the 50 anniversary of the War on Poverty was little more... Read More
Here are two things you need to know about this week’s news that the state unemployment rate fell half a percentage point in December to 6.9 percent and is down 1.5 percent since December of... Read More
When legislators passed sweeping election law changes last year, they said they wanted to ensure integrity in the voting process, not suppress votes. But unanswered questions in the law create... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, January 29, 2014. North Carolinians got a fascinating glimpse this week into how the legislative sausage is made in Raleigh. And it was some spicy sausage, too. In a... Read More
Maybe the health care law was about wealth transfer, after all. New research shows that the Affordable Care Act will significantly boost the economic fortunes of those in the bottom one-fifth of the... Read More
